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M. H. RUSS.

HARNESS BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. [2. 1918.

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HARNESS-BUCKLE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed August 12, 1918. Serial No. 249,532.

To all whom it may concern:

1 Be it known that I, MYRENUS H. Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fine, in the countyof Jefferson and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has relation to buckles designed most especially forum in connection with harness, the principal object being to provide a buckle which may be secured to straps and other parts of harness without requiring stitching and which wholly obviates sewing, thereby enabling a buckle to be placed in position by any one without necessitating special skill or tools.

The invention also has for its object to provide a buckle embodying a minimum number of parts and which is light, and strong, and durable,and when in position is not liable to displacement or result in loosenin of fastening or securing means.

Ot er objects of the invention will readily suggest themselves and become apparent as the nature of the invention is understood from reference to the following description and thedrawing hereto attached.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention, however, it is to be understood that in adapting the sam to meet different conditions, various changes in the form proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section thereof,

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 looking to the rear,

Fig. 4 is a detail section of the joint formed between the frame of the buckle and the loop which is pivoted thereto, the same being taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1, and

Flg. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4..

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of a modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawing by like reference characters.

The buckle comprises a pivoted loop 1, a tongue 2 and a frame 3. The frame 3 is of box form, that is, it is closed at the top, bottom, and sides. The space inclosed by the walls of the frame is of a size to snugly receive the strap for which the buckle is in tended, it being understood that the buckle is provided in different sizes according to different sizes of straps. The top and the bot tom of the frame 3 are provided with a plurality of tongues & which are partly cut therefrom and have their free ends pressed outward to facilitate the entrance of the strap after which such tongues are pressed inward to cause spurs 5 formed thereon to penetrate the strap and retain the same in place. Fig. 3 indicates certain tongues l pressed'outward and other tongues pressed inward. The spurs 5 extend inward and preferably constitute a part of the tongues 1. When the buckle is applied to the strap the free ends of the tongues e are disposed outward to prevent the spurs 5 from obstructing entrance of the strap. When the buckle is applied and secured to the strap th tongues 4 arepressed inward and the spurs thereof are embedded in the strap and retain the same in place. As indicated most clearly in Figs. 1 and 3 the tongues are disposed along opposite edges of the top and bottom walls of the buckle frame. Lips 6 extend rearward from the top and bottom walls of the buckle frame and are centrally disposed and are apertured to receive rivets T which supplement the action of the spurs 5 in retaining the strap in position when the buckle is applied thereto. A keeper 8 is provided at the forward end of the buckle frame and is designed to receive the loose end ofthe strap and retain the same in position. This is indicated most clearly by the dotted lines in F igl2. The keeper 8 preferably constitutes an integral part of the buckle frame3 and is disposed 'at the forward end of the top wall and coacts therewith. A lip 9 extends rearward from the keeper 8 and is apertured to admit of a rivet 10 or like fastening being placed in position so as to supplement the action of the rivet 7 and spurs 5 in positively holding the strap in position. The several lips 6 and 9 provide an extended bearing for the strap and prevent cracking of the same. The bottom wall of the buckle frame 3 is extended as indicated at 11 and is deflected so as to prevent injurious contact with the strap.

The loop 1 and tongue 2 are mounted upon a pin 12 which pivotally connects them to the buckle frame 3. The loop 1 has eyes 13 at the extremities of its side members to receive the pin 12. The tongue 2 has an eye or sleeve 14: at its rear or pivot end for the reception of the pin 12. The side walls of the buckle frame 3 are provided at their forward ends with eyes or openings which receive the terminal portions of the pin 12, this being indicated most clearly in sectional detail, Fig. 4. One side wall has an eye 15 and the opposite side wall has a recess 16 upon its inner face in which the terminal portion of the pin 12 is seated. The outer end of the pin 12 is formed with a head 17 which engages the outer side of the eye 15. The top wall of the frame 3 is provided with sleeves 18 through which the pin 12 passes. One of the sleeves 18 has portions partly cut therefrom to form tongues 19 which are adapted to be bent to embrace a reduced ortion 20 of the pin 12, thereby holding the latter in position against casual displacement. This is indicated most clearly in the sectional details, Figs. 4 and 5.

WVhen the parts of the buckle are assembled the loop 1 and the tongue 2 are mounted upon the pin 12 and the latter is supported in the sleeves 18 and in the projecting portions of the sides of the frame 3. The pin 12, after being placed in position, is made secure by bending the ends of the tongues 19 so as to embrace the reduced portion 20 as shown most clearly in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing. The strap indicated by the dotted lines 21 in Fig. 2 is passed through the frame 3 and is secured therein by means of the spurs 5 and the fastenings 7 and '10. The fastenings 7 and 10 are not necessary but supplement the action of the spurs 5 and preclude any possible displace ment of the strap. The end of the strap engaged by the tongue 2 is made secure by being passed through the keeper 8 as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims. The modification-Fig. 6dispenses with the extension 11 and in other respects is the same as described.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A buckle comprising a frame, provided with sleeves, one of such sleeves having a portion partly cut therefrom to form a tongue, a pin supported in the sleeves and having a portion reduced and receiving the said tongue, whereby the pin is retained in place, and a loop and tongue pivotally mounted upon said pin.

2. A buckle, comprising a frame having sleeves at one end of a wall thereof and having a portion partly cutfrom one of the sleeves to form a tongue, a loop and tongue having sleeves to match with the sleeves of the buckle frame, and a pin passing through the matching sleeves to pivotally connect the loop and tongue to the buckle frame, said pin having a portion reduced to receive the tongue forming a part of the sleeve of the buckle frame.

3. A buckle, comprising a frame embodying top, bottom, and side walls and having sleeves at the forward end of the top wall, one of such sleeves having a portion cut therefrom to form a tongue, and the side walls of the frame being extended at their forward ends, the one to provide an eye, and the other recesses upon its inner side, a pin supported in the sleeves, and side extensions of the buckle frame and having a reduced portion to receive the said tongue, and a loop and tongue mounted upon the said pin and pivotally connected thereby to the buckle frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MYRENUS H. RUSS.

Witnesses J. O. SCOTT, AMELIA Sco'r'r.

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